Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This report is for Oct 9th. The market was not reported on Oct 16th due to limited staff availability. Coverage will resume next week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $96.64/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$96.64

58 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$537

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3

$47.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.28

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	113.73	645	16thin
Small and Medium 2	415	107.50	446	1thin
Medium 2	523	102.29	535	19thin
Medium and Large 2	553	100.83	558	3thin
Medium 2-3	562	83.00	467	10thin
Small and Medium 2-3	530	69.00	366	2thin
Small and Medium 3	525	67.50	354	2thin
Medium 3	679	65.80	447	5thin

One grade step is worth $47.93/cwt here — about $198 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale58 hd

96.64

—

NC average8 barns · 877 hd

102.92

−6.28

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,487	73.23	1,089	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,451	50.63	735	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,042	43.74	456	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	819	41.72	342	9thin

Every lot, as filed

95 lots · USDA AMS · Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium 2-3	—	545	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	496	1
Bulls	Medium 2-3	—	445	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	423	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 3	—	560	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	392	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 3	—	490	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	319	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2-3	—	585	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	427	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2-3	—	475	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	309	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	—	415	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	595	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	118.42/cwt	114.00–125.00	609	4
Bulls	Medium 2-3Full	—	555	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	106.01/cwt	103.00–111.00	657	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	785	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,905	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	4,320	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	775	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	3,720	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	658.81/cwt	500.00–730.00	7,036	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,321	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	240	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	525	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	315	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	355	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	131.96/cwt	130.00–134.00	499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	121.52/cwt	120.00–123.00	371	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	545	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	327	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	645	77.00/cwt	74.00–80.00	497	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	975	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	536	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	585	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	351	1
Bulls	Medium 2-3	—	618	77.04/cwt	74.00–80.00	476	2
Bulls	Medium 2-3	—	490	87.47/cwt	85.00–90.00	429	2
Bulls	Medium 2-3	—	725	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium 2-3	—	595	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	536	1
Bulls	Medium 2-3Full	—	540	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	459	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	520	101.71/cwt	96.00–109.00	529	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	419	106.22/cwt	105.00–108.00	445	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	570	108.64/cwt	108.00–110.00	619	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	477	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	525	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	780	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	468	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	685	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	617	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	645	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	667	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	190	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	181	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	836	39.74/cwt	33.00–44.00	332	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	792	47.83/cwt	45.00–52.00	379	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	504	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	765	16.00/cwt	16.00–16.00	122	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	51.29/cwt	48.00–55.00	742	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	632	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,026	48.65/cwt	45.50–53.00	499	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,056	37.71/cwt	29.00–42.00	398	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	28.00/cwt	28.00–28.00	340	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	950	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	542	1
Bulls	—	—	1,526	74.98/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,144	7
Bulls	—	—	1,063	63.45/cwt	61.00–66.00	674	2
Bulls	—	—	2,065	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	1,662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	107.67/cwt	106.00–109.00	628	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	130.00/cwt	125.00–137.50	611	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	671	1
Steers	Medium 2-3Full	—	250	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	188	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	373	109.13/cwt	103.00–114.00	407	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	415	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	374	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	215	93.95/cwt	92.00–96.00	202	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	660	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	528	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	515	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	489	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	305	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	299	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	470	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	188	1
Heifers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	545	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	225	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	219	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	365	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	256	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	268	87.80/cwt	85.00–91.00	235	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	320	85.31/cwt	80.00–90.00	273	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	415	85.18/cwt	80.00–90.00	353	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	483	82.46/cwt	80.00–85.00	398	2
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	525	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	368	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	435	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	218	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	475	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	97.67/cwt	93.00–102.00	315	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	109.95/cwt	108.00–112.00	423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	91.01/cwt	90.00–92.00	526	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	102.55/cwt	97.00–108.00	626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	104.13/cwt	100.00–111.00	498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	102.77/cwt	100.00–110.00	435	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	417	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	97.00/cwt	94.00–100.00	432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	98.32/cwt	98.00–99.00	475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	94.43/cwt	91.00–98.00	343	5
Heifers	Small 2-3	—	300	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	228	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	485	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	320	1

How this sale compares

North Carolina weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

Wed Oct 9, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 137Last week 239Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 77Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 2Year ago 0

This report is for Oct 9th. The market was not reported on Oct 16th due to limited staff availability. Coverage will resume next week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	91.00	91.00
1	—	445	95.00	95.00
2	—	618	74.00–80.00	77.04
2	—	490	85.00–90.00	87.47
1	—	725	80.00	80.00
1	—	595	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	70.00	70.00
1	—	490	65.00	65.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	73.00	73.00
1	—	475	65.00	65.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	107.50	107.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	90.00	90.00
1	—	595	90.00	90.00
1	—	435	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	114.00–125.00	118.42
3	—	620	103.00–111.00	106.01
1	—	670	104.00	104.00
1	—	430	136.00	136.00
3	—	583	106.00–109.00	107.67
3	—	470	125.00–137.50	130.00
1	—	895	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Medium 2-3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	60.00	60.00
1	—	540	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	74.00–80.00	77.00
1	—	975	55.00	55.00
1	—	585	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	520	96.00–109.00	101.71
5	—	419	105.00–108.00	106.22
3	—	570	108.00–110.00	108.64
3	—	477	110.00	110.00
1	—	780	60.00	60.00
1	—	685	90.00	90.00
1	—	645	98.00	98.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	60.00	60.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	60.00	60.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	120.00	120.00
2	—	378	130.00–134.00	131.96
2	—	305	120.00–123.00	121.52
1	—	480	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	190	95.00	95.00
4	—	373	103.00–114.00	109.13
2	—	415	90.00	90.00
2	—	215	92.00–96.00	93.95
1	—	660	80.00	80.00
1	—	515	95.00	95.00
1	—	305	98.00	98.00
Steers — Medium 2-3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	74.00	74.00
1	—	905	73.00	73.00
1	—	675	80.00	80.00
1	—	500	95.00	95.00
2	—	323	93.00–102.00	97.67
2	—	385	108.00–112.00	109.95
2	—	578	90.00–92.00	91.01
2	—	610	97.00–108.00	102.55
3	—	478	100.00–111.00	104.13
7	—	423	100.00–110.00	102.77
Heifers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	40.00	40.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	97.50	97.50
1	—	365	70.00	70.00
2	—	268	85.00–91.00	87.80
2	—	320	80.00–90.00	85.31
2	—	415	80.00–90.00	85.18
2	—	483	80.00–85.00	82.46
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	50.00	50.00
1	—	475	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	81.00	81.00
1	—	615	94.00	94.00
2	—	445	94.00–100.00	97.00
3	—	483	98.00–99.00	98.32
5	—	363	91.00–98.00	94.43
Heifers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	76.00	76.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	66.00	66.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	785	370.00	370.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	450.00	450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	480.00	480.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,068	500.00–730.00	658.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	210.00	210.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	836	33.00–44.00	39.74
3	—	792	45.00–52.00	47.83
1	—	885	57.00	57.00
1	—	765	16.00	16.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,447	48.00–55.00	51.29
1	—	1,505	42.00	42.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,026	45.50–53.00	48.65
11	—	1,056	29.00–42.00	37.71
1	—	1,215	28.00	28.00
1	—	950	57.00	57.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,526	70.00–78.00	74.98
2	—	1,063	61.00–66.00	63.45
1	—	2,065	80.50	80.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle